John W. Hinckley Jr.

News about John W. Hinckley Jr., including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 3, 2015

Federal prosecutors will not charge John W Hinckley Jr with murder in shooting of former White House press secretary James S Brady during 1981 assassination attempt on Pres Ronald Regan, even though Brady's death in 2014 was ruled a homicide linked to wounds from incident; say verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity still legally applies. MORE

Aug. 9, 2014

Medical examiner in North Virginia rules death of former White House press secretary James S Brady a homicide, 33 years after he was wounded in an assassination attempt on Pres Ronald Reagan; ruling could allow prosecutors in Washington, where Reagan and Brady were shot on March 30, 1981, by John W Hinckley Jr, to reopen the case and charge Hinckley with murder; Hinckley had been found not guilty in 1982 by reason of insanity. MORE

Aug. 25, 2012

Lawyers for John W Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to kill Pres Ronald Reagan, have asked to withdraw from the case, saying the Hinckley family can no longer afford to pay them; Hinckley is asking for freedom to leave a Washington psychiatric hospital for more than 10 days at a time. MORE

The verdict that said Mr. Hinckley was not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan still legally applies, though Mr. Brady’s death last summer was ruled a homicide.

A federal judge gave doctors for John W. Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, more flexibility to help Mr. Hinckley, left, rejoin society. Officials at St. Elizabeths Hospital here, where Mr. Hinckley is under treatment, sought to...

June 2, 2007, Saturday

John W. Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan, has again asked to spend less time in a mental hospital and more time with his family. Last year, Mr. Hinckley was given the right to seven extended visits with his parents. He has one left and...

A lawyer for John W. Hinckley Jr. told a federal judge that his client should be permitted expanded travel privileges from the mental hospital where he has lived since he tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. The judge, Paul L....